This time of year...

[Tank]

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Out of respect for the OP - go read the link he posted - you may learn something.

I'm not getting into a pissing match in this thread.

[martybabe]

Never knew him or knew of him but he sure sounded like a young man with a lot to offer the world.
He certainly made an impact in his short life and the testament of friends and acquaintances in other threads is a deeply moving tribute to a fine young man, gone too soon.

I hope his friends find peace and happiness in his memory.

I'm so glad he's been remembered.

[Insanity_rules]

This ones particularly poignant.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...&postcount=186

Wow that one sent me sober! Very poignant. Bruce's funeral was the first biker family one I had ever been to and was real sad.

[Tink]

Heh I read this 1st post last night... and felt extremely sad... now its commented on ... I can only say... sons & daughters take care.. mothers & fathers beware.. and I swear.. when yr sitting here ... remember.. and take care, its time car drivers.. truck drivers & bikers all took the same test.... tooo learn how it is to be them. Regardless we are one!!!!!!!!!!

[Conquiztador]

At times I go back to a thread 0arbreaka and I was posting in the days before he was gone. The thread is nothing special, in fact when reading it today the message in it is worthless. Apart from that it was the last he did on here. If I had known... but you never do.

I can handle the bickering, the drunken stoopid remarks and the diverse look at things. It is part of what makes me come back here.

But what makes me think of leaving KB sometimes is the feeling of helplessness when someone is gone. I hate Mondays on here. The knowledge that it could be anyone of us at anytime. A error, a cage, oil on the road. And perhaps the last thing you posted on here was a hurtful idiotic remark. And then there is no second chance to correct it.

RIP and always wear clean undies.

[98tls]

At times I go back to a thread 0arbreaka and I was posting in the days before he was gone. The thread is nothing special, in fact when reading it today the message in it is worthless. Apart from that it was the last he did on here. If I had known... but you never do.

I can handle the bickering, the drunken stoopid remarks and the diverse look at things. It is part of what makes me come back here.

But what makes me think of leaving KB sometimes is the feeling of helplessness when someone is gone. I hate Mondays on here. The knowledge that it could be anyone of us at anytime. A error, a cage, oil on the road. And perhaps the last thing you posted on here was a hurtful idiotic remark. And then there is no second chance to correct it.

RIP and always wear clean undies.

Mondays are no more special than any other day surely?The interweb biker shite is no different than the reality?Believe me nobody worth there salt will give a shit about the last thing posted on an interweb forum loosely based around motorcycles.

[Conquiztador]

Mondays are no more special than any other day surely?The interweb biker shite is no different than the reality?Believe me nobody worth there salt will give a shit about the last thing posted on an interweb forum loosely based around motorcycles.

Mondays are the worst. W/e's are when we have the time to be on the road.

I do care what the last thing I posted as a remark to someone who then is gone was. When I know I could have done better. The "sorry I posted those shitty comments" is not worth much to someone who is gone. So I do try to consider what I do post. And more often then not I am doing ok.

[98tls]

Mondays are the worst. W/e's are when we have the time to be on the road.

Whats this we shit,its the internet theres only you thats tapping the keys.Theres plenty on here that rode bikes,had mondays and weekends long before the fucking internet was invented,fuck me me no doubt unbelievable to you but i knew a bloke many years ago that rode bikes and died on a thursday...inconsiderate but true.

[Conquiztador]

Whats this we shit,its the internet theres only you thats tapping the keys.Theres plenty on here that rode bikes,had mondays and weekends long before the fucking internet was invented,fuck me me no doubt unbelievable to you but i knew a bloke many years ago that rode bikes and died on a thursday...inconsiderate but true.

OK, I spell it out:
- Most people work long hours over the week. Many are even solo parents. Then when the w/e comes ex has the kids, there is no work. And so it is time to do what one likes: go riding. Come Monday after work there is time to get on KB, and that is when the happenings of the w/e is there to be read.
- I am sorry re your friend who died. Day is unimportant.
- As a result of the internet we....oops, sorry, I... can now be in contact with others more easily. I also get to be part of their happy and sad times more then ever before. Before internet I would never have heard about the ones on here who have passed. And so it would not have affected me. Now as a result of the internet I know of them and it saddens me that they are gone.

[98tls]

OK, I spell it out:
- Most people work long hours over the week. Many are even solo parents. Then when the w/e comes ex has the kids, there is no work. And so it is time to do what one likes: go riding. Come Monday after work there is time to get on KB, and that is when the happenings of the w/e is there to be read.
- I am sorry re your friend who died. Day is unimportant.
- As a result of the internet we....oops, sorry, I... can now be in contact with others more easily. I also get to be part of their happy and sad times more then ever before. Before internet I would never have heard about the ones on here who have passed. And so it would not have affected me. Now as a result of the internet I know of them and it saddens me that they are gone,maybe thats why theres so many Fogartys on here.

Happy/sad/we /i/Monday/whatever its the internet,whatever you read doesnt mean you know them,internet motorcycling eh.........go figure.

[Conquiztador]

Happy/sad/we /i/Monday/whatever its the internet,whatever you read doesnt mean you know them,internet motorcycling eh.........go figure.

I do not consider this thread the place for this discussion, and so I will end it here. Please also do not add/change something in a quote from me.

[rosie631]

Happy/sad/we /i/Monday/whatever its the internet,whatever you read doesnt mean you know them,internet motorcycling eh.........go figure.

If you think so little of the internet and forums, what are you doing on here??

[Ms Piggy]

Yes Sam's funeral was the 1st funeral of KBer I had attended too. Then there was Stonechucker's accident and then UncleB's death, Grub's passing as well as others that I didn't know. All very sobering and certainly (as I type) it's cause me to reflect once again on my own riding and is a reminder that it can happen to anyone.

Thanks Jim2. They're gone but not forgotten.

...this is a big community and if it wasnt for KB I would have known none of them, so Im thankful that I got the chance to meet these awesome people in my lifetime...

I'm with you Quasi - I know I wouldn't have known them and most of the other riders I know and respect if not for KBer. I reckon KBer has changed for sure but that's just life really eh.

[Nasty]

At times I go back to a thread 0arbreaka and I was posting in the days before he was gone. The thread is nothing special, in fact when reading it today the message in it is worthless. Apart from that it was the last he did on here. If I had known... but you never do.

I can handle the bickering, the drunken stoopid remarks and the diverse look at things. It is part of what makes me come back here.

But what makes me think of leaving KB sometimes is the feeling of helplessness when someone is gone. I hate Mondays on here. The knowledge that it could be anyone of us at anytime. A error, a cage, oil on the road. And perhaps the last thing you posted on here was a hurtful idiotic remark. And then there is no second chance to correct it.

RIP and always wear clean undies.

Its quite amazing being involved with life here, and losing someone so close .... it hurts ... but it has really helped being here ....

The support from everyone ... has been amazing ... yesterday marked five months without my darling ... the man who held my hand for 1over 13 years ... but we have lost more than Grub ... and its good to remember them all ... I never met Flyin or Uncle Bruce ... but knew their legacies ...

What I think it most important is that we do take time to reflect ... and we don't forget ... we shared a really enjoyable passion and that is riding ...